Websites:
The Centre for Applied Genomics
The Chromosome 7 Project
Database of Genomic Variants
McLaughlin Centre
Steve Scherer's Wiki

News:
Press Releases and Articles
Lay Reviews/Opinions/Editorials
Media/Scientific News Articles
Interviews
Video presentation and interview
Integrative research at TCAG [Video]

Contact Info:
Stephen W. Scherer
The Centre for Applied Genomics
The Hospital for Sick Children
Peter Gilgan Centre for Research and Learning
686 Bay Street, Room 13.9800
Toronto, Ontario, M5G 0A4, Canada
(416) 813-7613 (office)
(416) 813-8319 (fax)

Elaine Chang
Dr. Scherer's Assistant
Phone: (416) 813-7654 x301574
Fax: (416) 813-8319

1. Crackower, M.A., Sinasac, D., Xia, J., Motoyama, J., Prochazka, M., Rommens, J.M., Scherer, S.W. and Tsui, L.-C. 1999. Cloning and characterization of two cytoplasmic dynein intermediate chain genes in mouse and human. Genomics 55, 257-267. [PMID: 10049579]
2. Minassian, B.A., Sainz, J., Serratosa, J.M., Gee, M., Sakamoto, L.M., Bohlega, S., Geoffroy, G., Barr, C., Scherer, S.W., Tomiyasu, U., Carpenter, S., Wigg, K., Sanghvi, A.V. and Delgado-Escueta, A.V. 1999. Genetic locus heterogeneity in Lafora's progressive myoclonus epilepsy. Annals of Neurology 45, 262-265. [PMID: 9989632]
3. Tosi, S. Giudici, G., Rambaldi, A., Scherer, S.W., Bray-Ward, P., Dirscher, A., Biondi, A. and Kearney, L. 1999. Characterization of the human myeloid leukemia-derived cell line GF-D8 by multiplex fluorescence in situ hybridization, subtelomeric probes and comparative genomic hybridization. Genes, Chromosomes, and Cancer 24, 213-221. [PMID: 10451701]
4. Heus, H., Hing, A., van Baren, M.J., Joosse, M., Breedveld, G.J., Wang, J.C., Burgess, A., Donis-Keller, H., Berglund, C., Zguricas, J., Scherer, S.W., Rommens, J.M., Oostra, B.A. and Heutink, P. 1999. A physical and transcriptional map of the preaxial polydactyly locus on chromosome 7q36. Genomics 7, 342-351. [PMID: 10329000]
5. Osborne, L.R., Campbell, T., Daradich, A., Scherer, S.W. and Tsui, L.-C. 1999. Identification of a putative transcription factor gene (WBSCR11) that is commonly deleted in Williams-Beuren syndrome. Genomics 57, 279-284. [PMID: 10198167]
6. Hwang, M-Y., Kang, Y.-J., Kim, Y-H., Scherer, S.W., Tsui, L.-C. and Sohn, U. 1999. Generation and chromosome mapping of expressed sequence tags (ESTs) from a human infant thymus. Genome 42, 457-464. [PMID: 10382293]
7. Mansour, S.J., Skaug, J., Zhao, X.-H., Giordano, J., Scherer, S.W. and Meloncon, P. 1999. p200 ARF-GEP1: A golgi-localized guanine nucleotide exchange protein whose Sec7 domain is targeted by the drug brefeldin A. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 96, 7968-7973. [PMID: 10393931]
8. de Silva, M.G., Kantharidis, P., Scherer, S.W., Rayeroux, K., Campbell, L., Tsui, L.-C. and Zalcberg, J.R. 1999. Physical mapping of a tandem duplication on the long arm of chromosome 7 associated with a multidrug resistant phenotype. Cancer Genetics and Cytogenetics 110, 28-33. [PMID: 10198619]
9. Kobayashi, K., Sinasac, D.S., Iijima, M., Boright, A.P., Begum, L., Lee, J.R., Yasuda, T., Ikeda, S., Hirano, R., Terazono, H., Crackower, M.A., Kondo, I., Tsui, L.-C., *Scherer, S.W. and Saheki, T. 1999. The gene mutated in adult-onset type II citrullinaemia encodes a putative mitochondrial carrier protein. Nature Genetics 22, 159-163. *corresponding author [PMID: 10369257]
10. Tosi, S., Scherer, S.W., Giudici, G., Czepulkowski, B., Biondi, A. and Kearney, L. 1999. Delineation of multiple deleted regions in 7q in myeloid disorders. Genes, Chromosomes, and Cancer 4, 384-392. [PMID: 10398433]
11. Jilani, A., Ramotar, D., Slack, C., Ong, C., Yang, X.M., Scherer, S.W. and Lasko, D.D. 1999. Molecular cloning of the human gene, PNKP, encoding a polynucleotide kinase-3'-phosphatase and evidence for its role in repair of DNA strand breaks caused by oxidative damage. Journal of Biological Chemistry 274, 24176-24186. [PMID: 10446192]
12. Brooks-Wilson, A., Marcil, M., Clee, S.M., Zhang, L.H., Roomp, K., van Dam, M., Yu, L., Brewer, C., Collins, J.A., Molhuizen, H.O., Loubser, O., Ouelette, B.F., Fichter, K., Ashbourne-Excoffon, K.J., Sensen, C.W., Scherer, S.W., Mott, S., Denis, M., Martindale, D., Frohlich, J., Morgan, K., Koop, B., Pimstone, S., Kastelein, J.J., Genest, J. and Hayden, M.R. 1999. Mutations in ABC1 in Tangier disease and familial high-density lipoprotein deficiency. Nature Genetics 22, 336-345. [PMID: 10431236]
13. Corcoran, M., Mould, S., Orchard, J., Ibbotson, R., Chapman, R., Boright, A., Platt, C., Tsui, L.-C., Scherer, S.W. and Oscier, D. 1999. Dysregulation of cyclin dependent kinase 6 expression in splenic marginal zone lymphoma through chromosome 7q translocations. Oncogene 18, 6271-6277. [PMID: 10597225]
14. Tonachini, L., Morello, R., Monticone, M., Skaug, J., Scherer, S.W., Cancedda, R. and Castagnola, P. 1999. cDNA cloning, characterization and chromosome mapping of the gene encoding human cartilage associated protein (CRTAP). Cytogenetics and Cell Genetics 87, 191-194. [PMID: 10702664]
15. Csoka, T., Scherer, S.W. and Stern, R. 1999. Expression analysis of six paralogous human hyaluronidase genes clustered on chromosome 3p21 and 7q31. Genomics 60, 356-361. [PMID: 1493834]
16. Crackower, M.A., Sinasac, D.S., Lee, J.R., Herbrick, J.-A., Tsui, L.-C. and Scherer, S.W. 1999. Assignment of the SLC25A12 gene coding for the human calcium-binding mitochondrial solute carrier protein aralar to human chromosome 2q24. Cytogenetics and Cell Genetics 87, 197-198. [PMID: 10702666]
17. Sinasac, D.S., Crackower, M.A., Lee, J.R., Kobayashi, K., Saheki, T., Scherer, S.W. and Tsui, L.-C. 1999. Genomic structure of the adult-onset type II citrullinemia gene, SLC25A13 and cloning and expression of its mouse homologue. Genomics 62, 289-292. [PMID: 10610724]
18. Leclerc, D., Odievre, M., Wu, Q., Wilson, A. Huizenga. J.J., Rozen, R., Scherer, S.W. and Gravel, R.A. 1999. Molecular cloning, expression and physical mapping of the human methionine synthase reductase gene. Gene 240, 75-88. [PMID: 10564814]
19. Beatty, B.G., Qi, S., Pienkowska, M., Herbrick, J., Scheidl, T., Zhang, Z.M., Kola, I., Scherer, S.W. and Seth, A. 1999. Chromosomal localization of phospholipase A2 activating protein, an ETS2 target gene to 9p21. Genomics 62, 529-532. [PMID: 10644453]
20. Yousef, G.M., Luo, L.Y., Scherer, S.W., Sotiropoulou, G. and Diamandis, E.P. 1999. Molecular Characterization of Zyme/Protease M/Neurosin (PRSS9), A Hormonally Regulated Kallikrein-like Serine Protease. Genomics 62, 251-259. [PMID10610719]
21. Hadano, S., Nasir, J., Rasper, D.M., Vaillancourt, J.P., Scherer, S.W., Beatty, B.G., Ikeda, J.E., Nicholson, D.W. and Hayden, M.R. 1999. Genomic organization of the human caspase-9 gene on Chromosome 1p36.1-1p36.3. Mammalian Genome 10, 757-760. [PMID: 10384055]